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Man found hanging from home roof after wife’s gruesome murder

MASVINGO

Police
say
they
are
investigating
possible
murder
and
suicide
after
a
Gutu
man
was
Thursday
found
hanging
from
a
home
roof
while
his
wife
lay
dead
in
the
now
deceased
couple’s
kitchen.

The
shock
incident,
according
to
a
statement
posted
on
the
ZRP’s
X
handle
weekend,
happened
in
Basera
at
Utete
Village,
Chitsa,
Gutu,
Masvingo
on
Thursday.

On
2
January
2025,
police
said,
Raramai
Dhewa,
40,
“was
found
dead
with
multiple
injuries
all
over
the
body
in
a
kitchen
hut.
A
blood-stained
log
was
recovered
at
the
scene”.

“The
victim’s
husband,
Fungai
Chitsale,
46,
was
later
found
dead,
hanging
from
a
roof
truss
with
a
nylon
rope
in
a
two-bed
roomed
house.”

Meanwhile,
in
a
different
incident,
police
in
Filabusi
are
appealing
for
information
which
may
lead
to
the
arrest
of
six
people
suspected
to
have
killed
one
Talent
Hlongwane
with
some
domestic
weapons.

The
suspects
have
been
named
as
Zenzo
Moyo,
32,
Ayanda
Moyo,
30,
Nqobizita
Moyo,
34,
Senly
Moyo,
29,
Paul
Ndlovu,
36
and
Donald
Sibanda,
30.

They
are
linked
to
a
case
of
murder
which
occurred
on
3
January
2025
at
Village
16
B,
Nkankezi.

“The
suspects
attacked
the
victim,
Talent
Hlongwane
(29)
with
spears,
axes
and
machetes
after
allegedly
accusing
him
of
being
a
bully,”
police
said.